Thursday, 28 January 2016

Colourwave Quilt

Colourwave Quilt

Back in October last year I shared with you my progress on a workshop with Jan Hassard held at Busy Bees Patchwork, to make this Colourwave quilt. As you can see it is complete and it has been for some time, I just haven't had time to share it with you. Jan specialises in colour and geometric designs and her workshops come highly recommended. If you step back from you screen you will see the illusional effect of this quilt pattern even more.﻿﻿

Colourwave Quilt - fabric selection

On my return from the workshop I had a bit of a re-jig of my colours and worked out a colour scheme which I was much happier with. To get this colour effect you need at least 36 different fabrics which is quite a tall order if you don't collect batiks in your stash, but the more you have the better the effect.﻿

Suzi the Cat helps with the Colourwave Quilt

Suzi the cat was keen to join in this project. She is very pleased I don't have a design wall and that I have to use the floor ...﻿﻿

Superior Threads Rainbow 821 Carnival variegated thread

﻿Not only is the quilt top done, but it is quilted. I used a variegated Superior Threads Rainbow (821 Carnival) thread which blended well with all the different colours of the quilt and really popped when it reached the black fabric. I use 80/20 cotton/polyester for the wadding.